Reutzel Passes Courtney Late At Central Arizona To Open High Limit Racing’s Duel In The Desert
Story By: BRIAN WALKER / HIGH LIMIT RACING – CASA GRANDE, AZ – After beginning 2025 with four different winners through the opening four races, Aaron Reutzel and Ridge & Sons Racing became the first repeat victors of the Kubota High Limit Racing season – doing so in back-to-back fashion.
Last Saturday, one week removed from a hospital trip in the season opener, the Clute, Texas native dominated all 30 laps at Perris Auto Speedway for his first win of the year. On Friday at Central Arizona Speedway, the story was a bit different and required a late-race pass for the lead to get his second-straight score.
Starting from P3 on the grid, the No. 87 hounded polesitter Tyler Courtney for the majority of the race and event took the lead momentarily on Lap 11 before a caution negated his pass. The winning move ultimately came on Lap 20 when Courtney slipped up off the bottom and allowed Reutzel to storm around the outside and take control of the top spot.
Reutzel’s second trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane and subsequent second Casm Safety Products Win Sticker makes him the seventh driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history to win back-to-back with the series. He joins the likes of Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney, Corey Day, Brad Sweet, and Trey Starks in that category.
After pacing the opening 20 laps, “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney settled for a second-place finish in the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC. Although it wasn’t his first win of the year, the Indianapolis, IN racer did close the gap to 38 points behind Brad Sweet’s Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 for the early-season championship lead.
Closing out the podium was Justin Peck aboard the Rudeen Racing No. 26 with a third-place finish marking his season-best effort with Kubota High Limit Racing.
Rounding out the top-10 on Friday at Central Arizona was Brad Sweet, Tanner Holmes, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Brent Marks, Brenham Crouch, and Rico Abreu.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (3/28/25)
Central Arizona Raceway (Casa Grande, AZ)
- Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps – Aaron Reutzel (12.867 seconds)
- Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime – Aaron Reutzel (12.617 seconds)
- TJ Forged Heat One Winner – Tanner Holmes
- DMI Heat Two Winner – Justin Peck
- BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner – Brad Sweet
- DIRT II Heat Four Winner – Daison Pursley
- FK Rod Ends Dash Winner – Tyler Courtney
- Winters Performance B-Main Winner – Tanner Thorson
- Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award – Tyler Courtney (14.236 seconds)
- Rod End Supply Hard Charger – Tanner Thorson +8 (21st-to-13th)
- Lap Leaders – Tyler Courtney 1-20; Aaron Reutzel 21-25
Kubota A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 5. 21-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston[10]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley[7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[11]; 9. 5-Brenham Crouch[8]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden[13]; 12. 15-Nick Parker[18]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson[21]; 14. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[20]; 15. 9-Kasey Kahne[19]; 16. 9R-Chase Randall[23]; 17. 88W-Austin McCarl[14]; 18. 21P-Robbie Price[12]; 19. 7-Ashton Torgerson[15]; 20. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 21. 19T-Colby Thornhill[22]; 22. 34-Sterling Cling[17]; 23. 73-Ryan Bernal[16]; 24. 42-Josh Baughman[24]
